Tag: encore
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CEO Succession interview
I’ve had so many messages over the last few days asking how I navigated the transition from startup CEO to leaving the company I created and finding a new role at ElevenLabs. Figuring out life post-exit is a hot topic among friends at the moment. I’m in WhatsApp groups buzzing with conversation among CEOs about…
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Goodbye, Encore
Encore has been my home for the last ten years. A third of my life. It’s utterly surreal to be writing a letter about moving on from the company I started. Although, come to think of it, likening Encore to a home or a house doesn’t feel quite right… Comparing Encore to a boat would…
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Encore has been acquired by Mixcloud
I’m pleased to announce that Encore has been acquired by Mixcloud. Mixcloud is the global platform for DJs, music producers, and radio communities, and one of the largest DJ streaming platforms in the world with 25 million users. Exactly 10 years ago, at 6.43pm on the 18th of September 2014, the very first musician registered…
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Encore in the Cambridge Computer Lab Hall of Fame
I honestly had no idea Encore had been engraved in the William Gates Computer Lab Hall of Fame until I saw this photo posted to LinkedIn yesterday! One of the things I found most inspiring about my time at Cambridge was the long list of founders who had gone before me. It’s still a pinch-me…
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GPT-4: accelerating Customer Support at Encore
We integrated GPT-4 into our Customer Support flows in January, and the results have been astonishing. I honestly didn’t believe these stats were true when I was first shown them, but they are…
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4 Marketplace Lessons after 40,000 Bookings
We recently booked gig number 40,000 at Encore! How have we done it? 4 strategies for marketplace founders 🛠️ Automate everything: your team will thank you for it We’ve spent years streamlining every single part of our business. Our developers play a core role in this, and our Ops team use tools like Zapier religiously.…
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Celebrating Encore’s 3rd birthday
A nostalgic post I wrote back in 2017 on Medium: https://medium.com/@jamsusmaximus/celebrating-encores-3rd-birthday-80237847117b
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Going from 0 to 10,000 musicians
Tomorrow, if everything goes to plan, we will welcome our 10,000th musician to Encore, and for that reason, I cannot sleep. It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come in such a relatively short space of time, and I’m having a tricky time wrapping my head around the idea that 10,000 people have invested their…
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Startups, Burnout, and Running
Almost exactly a year ago, I joined Entrepreneur First with three intentions: The last year has been exhilarating, euphoric, and anything but boring, and I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved with Encore so far. That said, startups are fairly fashionable and often glamourised these days, and something people can be reluctant to talk about is how quickly they…
